Cosmic Trading System

Qingyun brand mobile phones?

Lin Yun was surprised.

Could these be the phones that their company had released?

Lin Yun lifted his head and saw a stand showcasing dozens of mobile phones. A young salesman was yelling to draw people's attention.

Upon closer inspection, they indeed were phones produced by the Qingyun Company.

Lin Yun knew that ever since Qingyun halted production, all sorts of products under the Qingyun brand had been hyped up to high prices. The longer the time, the higher the price. He hadn't imagined that now, the Qingyun phones were being sold for thirty-one thousand each.

After all, the original price of the Qingyun phones was just over three thousand.

The price had almost increased ten-fold.

However, this price seemed plausible.

Naturally, barring the rare luxury phones that could sell for over a hundred thousand, normal phones, even expensive ones, could be priced close to ten thousand, and still many people would line up to buy them.

The Qingyun phones, whether in battery life, performance, or storage, were all superior by many times. Why couldn't they sell for thirty-one thousand?

As it turned out, that price did have market appeal. Many people had already been crowding around the stall, incessantly asking the vendor questions about these phones.

"Boss, are these really Qingyun phones?"

"They're not just phones using Qingyun batteries, are they?"

"Boss, let me tell you, this is the martial arts convention. You can't play tricks here. There are only so many Qingyun phones, yet you have so many here…"

One after another, they bombarded him with questions.

None of them thought the phone's price was too high. This was natural. Those who could come here weren't short of money. Rather, they were mostly inquiring about the quality of the phones and if they were genuine.

As it turned out, there were two types of "Qingyun phones" on the market.

One was the genuine Qingyun phones produced by the Qingyun Company.

The other type used only Qingyun batteries. Those phone brands had previously ordered a large quantity of batteries from Qingyun. Later, they heavily promoted these phones, making those batteries famous...

At the time, when Lin Yun wanted them to sell Qingyun phones, they were unwilling. Later, when they discovered the superior performance and affordable price of Qingyun's phones, they were all caught off guard.

Once Qingyun phones started selling, how could they sell their own phones?

Back then, some phone brands were considering whether they should cooperate with Qingyun and start selling Qingyun's phones.

However, just when this idea occurred to them, the Qingyun Company was sealed up.

This gave them another idea. Historically, many products have been suppressed due to many reasons, surpassed by others, and eventually disappeared. It happened a lot.

That is why they did not choose to cooperate with Qingyun to sell Qingyun's phones. A product's high quality doesn't guarantee good sales. It also has to be widely known. This kind of reputation couldn't be created within a short period, and the process would have to withstand suppression from other brands on the market...

Unless, your product was truly stunning. Even if it was, there was still the issue of the official bureaucracy to deal with, like the current situation of the Qingyun Company.

No matter how good your product was, if you weren't allowed to sell it or to distribute it to the market, how could you make money?

All the major phone brands didn't know whom Qingyun had offended, or when they could resolve the issue. Add in their attempts to buy more time, they were not in a hurry to approach Qingyun. This would highly benefit their negotiations should they decide to cooperate with Qingyun in the future.

They didn't rush to contact the executives of Qingyun Company.

Unexpectedly, there was no follow up after Qingyun Company's initial communication. Vague news started to spread that seniors at Qingyun Company had a falling out with the government officials. Top management of Qingyun Company left the country and the production of Qingyun Company's products completely stopped.

Many people felt regret, thinking that if Qingyun Company hadn't faced issues, they could have seized this opportunity. Many others felt relieved. Whether they could grasp this opportunity was uncertain. But one thing was sure - if Qingyun Company's products were sold, they would definitely impact their own products.

Now, with Qingyun Company completely shutting down production, they no longer had to worry.

The mobile phone brands, after acquiring Qingyun's batteries, started to quickly push out new products. Due to the emergence of Qingyun's cell phones, they did not dare to delay too long. Although Qingyun's production had stopped domestically, who knew if Qingyun wouldn't restart production overseas someday?

Originally, they did not want to use the gimmick of Qingyun-brand cell phones. They had reached the limit by using Qingyun's batteries as a selling point. However, they found that the fame of Qingyun-brand phones was getting bigger and bigger. A lot of cell phone brands were doing this with good sales, and they eventually had no choice but to follow suit.

In the end, these two types of Qingyun-branded phones appeared in the market.

However, the benefits they gained were considerable.

Because of the discontinuation of Qingyun cell phones and their growing fame, the prices of Qingyun phones soared. Those pseudo-Qingyun mobile phone brands also rode the wave, and each phone was sold at a very high price, earning them a good profit.

For these mobile phone brands, they'd originally only made three to five hundred per phone, or in some cases as little as a hundred after costs for cheaper phones that were sold just to boost volume.

But for the phones using Qingyun's batteries, each phone sold was worth more than a large number of their other phones, and they were selling well.

The sales of ten days earned as much as half a year, or even a year's income before.

Some mobile phone brands were both very excited and regretful. Had they known, they would have bought more Qingyun batteries. Now, with Qingyun Company ceasing production, they couldn't buy more even if they wanted to.

Lin Yun had a general idea about these events, viewed through his super brain during his leisure time. Now, the internet users in Huaxia, and even many netizens were fiercely demanding the authorities to lift the seal on Qingyun Company.

Lin Yun had a falling out with the government of Huaxia, and the issue couldn't be resolved through regular procedures. Lin Yun ignored this matter, and he was curious about how the authorities in Huaxia would handle it.

He was still paying the employees of Qingyun Company though. Even though two to three hundred million Huaxia Currency every ten days was a lot, it wasn't insignificant to him then. He planned to maintain the payments]

After all, they had traveled far to work for Qingyun Company. He couldn't let some of them not even earn back their travel expenses.

However, Immortal Origin County, where Qingyun Company was located, was in chaos. Some high-level executives were being investigated by the authorities. However, due to Lin Yun's proclamation of "Those who trespass against Qingyun will be punished, no matter how far", and because this incident was well-known, no power dared to intervene. Thus, there were no security problems.

Some other high-level executives were poached away by other powers and companies at high prices, hoping to obtain some of Qingyun Company's technology or connections. However, this was normal business practice, and those powers and companies, not operating covertly, were limited in strength. They didn't know about Lin Yun's eradication of the Mie and Lu families.

They were simply envious of Qingyun Company's various technologies.

As for the regular employees, no one was forcing them to undergo military-style training anymore. They lived in employee dormitories every day. If it were not for the fact that their wage cards were still paying wages, they probably would have dispersed.

Of course, many employees had already left Immortal Origin County. This was inevitable.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

"Rest assured, all these cell phones are genuine Qingyun phones. At first, our boss had a good eye. He heard about Qingyun Company's trouble and immediately ordered people to buy a lot of products under Qingyun Company. We even have Qingyun earphones here..."

"Our booth doesn't mainly sell cell phones or earphones. These Qingyun-branded cell phones and earphones are just to attract you to look at the other items on our stall. Look at these jade artifacts and pellets, they're not bad. Our shop is in Suzhou and Hangzhou. We have both fame and foundation. We promise quality.

These days, our booth has always been here. Fake goods will be compensated tenfold…"

At that time, the young man hawking his wares looked at the customers and said with a smile.

"Speak about other items later. This phone and the Qingyun-branded earphones, give me a set…"

"Give me a set too…"

Some people glanced at the other items on the stall, found nothing particularly attractive, shook their heads, and said.

After speaking, they took out their bank cards. Most of the items here were not cheap, and those who came to participate in the Martial Arts Convention could not bring too much cash, so most of the booths here accepted card payment.

"Okay, a set of phone and earphone... Please take a look at the other items on our stall…"

The young man quickly packed up some phones, singing out.